Erin T. Haskell, a teacher at the Toms River Intermediate South School in Beachwood, seen in this 2005 file photo, was charged with aggravated sexual assault against a student who attends the school.

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Maureen Kearney fumbled for words just one day after a middle school teacher at her child's school was accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student.

"It's a really sad situation no matter how I try to look at it," said Kearney, who has served as president of the parent-teacher organization at Toms River Intermediate South for three years. "I don't know what to think."

On Tuesday, authorities arrested Erin T. Haskell, 31, of Barnegat, and charged her with several crimes related to an alleged inappropriate relationship with one of her underage students at the Beachwood school. ...